The classroom classic, now online

Two grids on squared paper, three hidden planes each, and a whispered "B5?" across the desk. Romanian kids know it as Avioane, Chinese players as 炸飞机. Battle Planes Multiplayer brings this folk pen-and-paper game to your PC and keeps the original rules.

How to play

• Hide your fleet: place your 3 planes anywhere on your 10x10 grid. Click a plane to rotate it. Spread them far apart, or tangle them together to confuse your opponent.

• Take turns firing: pick a cell on your opponent's grid. Each shot is a miss, a hit on the plane's body, or a hit on the plane's head (its nose), which takes the whole plane down.

• Deduce, don't guess: every plane covers 10 cells but has a single weak spot. Read the shape from your hits, work out where the head must be, and finish the plane in one shot.

• Win: shoot down all 3 enemy planes before your opponent finds yours.

It takes a minute to learn and a lot longer to master. Matches last 1–5 minutes. The 10x10 board never changes, but your opponent's placement does, so no two games play out the same way.

Game modes

• Play vs Computer: practice the rules or play solo against the computer.

• Online matchmaking: get paired with a random opponent.

• Private match: create a room, share the code and challenge a friend.

Features

• One-tap start: a big PLAY button gets you into a game from the first screen.

• Interactive tutorial: learn the rules step by step.

• Elo leaderboard: climb the all-time and last-30-days rankings.

• Friends and match history: add friends and track your wins.

• Rematch: run it back right away after a game.

• Cross-platform: play with Android and web players in the same online matches.

• Clean 2D look and a light, casual soundtrack.

Fast-paced, but strategic

Turns are quick, but every shot counts, and it's about more than guessing. Hiding your planes matters as much as hunting theirs: change your placement every game, or tangle your planes together so your opponent can't tell whether a hit belongs to a plane they already shot down or a new one. Risky, but rewarding. Then read their hits, chase your leads and outthink them, game after game.

Made by one developer at Duct Tape Games, who grew up playing Avioane on math-notebook paper.